Rodney Graham and Tacita Dean
The Voyage or Three Years at Sea – Part 1
January 19 – February 20, 2011
Photo : courtesy 303 Gallery, New York & Lisson Gallery, London, UK
The symbol of the lighthouse looms large in literature and myth; its perpetually roaming light illuminates the surface of the water with unfailing constancy, warning and searching, waiting and passing time. It is through this symbol that two major figures in contemporary art — Tacita Dean and Rodney Graham — are uniquely paired.
The Voyage or Three Years at Sea – Part 1 marks the first in a trio of marine-themed exhibitions and related events, curated by Cate Rimmer at the Charles H. Scott Gallery on Vancouver’s Granville Island, a fitting location for a series of exhibitions about the sea. The first, focussed on the lighthouse, brings together two major works of Dean and Graham, along with a selection of artefacts from the Vancouver Maritime Museum, the BC Maritime Museum and the Vancouver Archives.
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